Thomas Holzer

Thomas Josef Holzer (born 27 December 1985)^[1] is a German racing driver.

Thomas Holzer
Holzer at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
Nationality	German
Born	(1985-12-27) 27 December 1985 (age 39) Augsburg (Germany)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Lotus
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	32
Starts	11
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	65th in 2012
Previous series
2011 2005 2003–04 2002 2001	ADAC GT Masters Formula 3 Euro Series German Formula Three Formula BMW ADAC Formula BMW Junior

Career

Formula BMW

Born in Augsburg, Holzer began his karting career in 1997, before moving into the Formula BMW ADAC championship in 2001, with ADAC e.V. Motorsport.^[2] Holzer finished seventh in the championship.^[3] He switched teams and went to the main class, joining Mücke Motorsport for 2002 and finished the season on the sixth place with two wins at EuroSpeedway Lausitz.^[4]

Formula Three

Holzer graduated to the Formula 3 class in 2003, joining the German Formula Three Championship and Trella Motorsport. He finished seventh with one podium.^[5] He stayed in the series for the next year, but switched to his family team AM-Holzer Rennsport. He improved to fifth place in the standings and won race at EuroSpeedway Lausitz.^[6]

In 2005, Holzer moved to the Formula 3 Euro Series. He finished 22nd in the standings without scoring a point.^[7]

ADAC GT Masters

After six-year absence Holzer returned in racing, participating in local series ADAC GT Masters with Heico Motorsport.^[8]

FIA World Endurance Championship

In 2012 Holzer moved to the endurance racing, joining FIA World Endurance Championship and Lotus.^[9] He continued his LMP2 campaign with Lotus-backed Kodewa in 2013.^[10]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula BMW Junior	ADAC e.V. Motorsport	20	1	0	1	4	131	7th
2002	Formula BMW ADAC	Mücke Motorsport	20	2	1	0	4	130	6th
2003	German Formula Three	Trella Motorsport	10	0	0	0	1	72	7th
2004	German Formula Three	AM-Holzer Rennsport	18	1	1	2	4	121	5th
2005	Formula 3 Euro Series	AM-Holzer Rennsport	20	0	0	0	0	12	22nd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	22nd
2011	ADAC GT Masters	Heico Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship	Lotus	8	0	0	0	0	2.5	65th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2		8	0	0	0	0	32	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship	Lotus	3	0	0	0	0	0.5*	17th*
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2		3	0	0	0	0	8*	28th*
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	AM-Holzer Rennsport	Dallara FF305/060	Opel	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret	PAU 1 18	PAU 2 13	SPA 1 DSQ	SPA 2 16	MON 1 Ret	MON 2 14	OSC 1 16	OSC 2 20	NOR 1 13	NOR 2 17	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 15	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 13	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 16	HOC 3 Ret	HOC 4 15	22nd	0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Lotus	LMP2	Lola B12/80	Lotus 3.6 L V8	SEB 6	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	SIL 6	SÃO 8	BHR Ret	FUJ Ret	SHA 6	8th	32
2013	Lotus	LMP2	Lotus T128	Praga Judd 3.6 L V8	SIL NC	SPA 6	LMS Ret	SÃO Ret	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	32nd*	8*

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Lotus	Mirco Schultis Luca Moro	Lola B08/80-Lotus (Judd)	LMP2	155	DNF	DNF
2013	Lotus	Jan Charouz Dominik Kraihamer	Lotus T128-Praga (Judd)	LMP2	219	DNF	DNF